Common name: atlas cedar
Family name: Pinaceae
- African conifer
- grows up to 3000 m in elevation
- needles born on short shoots
- spirally arranged
- long sweeping and ascending branching
- part of pine family
- overlapping cone scales
- blue needles (indicative of trees that grow at high elevation)
- if blue it’s considered in Glauca group otherwise green means it’s a regular C. atlantica
- won’t grow without good drainage
- won’t grow in shade
- needs lots of space
- grows 15-20 m wide, 30 m tall
- strongly upright branches at top
- evergreen tree
- coniferous
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